Nude Beach - Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba

We are going to Cayo Santa Maria later in March to put winter behind us and to begin working on getting that full body tan. The nude beach at Cayo Santa Maria sounds great with a nice 1.7 kilometer stretch of white sand to walk along fully nude and places to lay out to bask in the warmth of the sun to get that bronze colouring back to our bodies after a long winter. Wondering if anyone has been to this beach and if you have any suggestions. I understand there are not a lot of facilities such as loungers, shade structures and that you need to bring refreshments with you or put shorts on to leave the nude beach to go to the beach bar at the resort you are staying at for drinks. Also, how busy is the nude beach - I would think there are likely active and quiet places. We are staying at the Melia Cayo Santa Maria which is right beside the nude beach area.

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Did you get to the beach? I stayed at the Melia Cayo Santa Maria in September and walked to the nude beach daily. I used to walk through the Melia and through the walkway to the Sol but that was closed in September so you had to walk on the beach. It was about a 20 minute walk along the beach and it was HOT so you were sweating by time you got to the beach. There are palapas and lounge chairs once you get to the naked area. The clothing optional side is to the west of the Sol, it is a public beach so anyone can go there, there was a server a few days walking the beach if you wanted a drink. It was never so busy we didn't get a chair or shade. The first of the week there might have been 30 or so people, at the end of our week there was maybe 10 of us., that was right after Labor Day.

Hurricane Dorian was happening at this time so the water was very rough for several days and then it was very calm on our last day.

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Thanks for the tips. I was very much looking forward to our trip, however, it was cancelled four days before we were to go as a result of Covid 19. We now have travel vouchers that we have to use in two years. At this point, we are not sure what we will be looking at over the next couple of years, though I suspect there will be a lot of changes for the all inclusive resorts in the Caribbean. We are in a wait and see mode and hoping that we can try again for a late winter getaway to Cuba in 2021.

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